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MISSY ELLIOTT (with Steven J. Horowitz): Returning guest, writer and editor for Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety, Vulture and more, Steven J. Horowitz, joins DJ Louie to chop it up about pop revolutionary Missy Elliott. Louie and Steven discuss Missy’s entree into the music biz along with partn by Pop Pantheon

69 min listen

LADY GAGA (with NY Times Contributor Lindsay Zoladz): DJ Louie is joined by New York Times Contributor Lindsay Zoladz to discuss Mother Monster herself, Lady GaGa! First, Lindsay drops some EXPLOSIVE ArtPop Hot Goss. Then, Louie and Lindsay dig into GaGa’s meteoric rise to mega-stardom, her bold queering of by Pop Pantheon

88 min listen

ARIANA GRANDE (with Steven J. Horowitz): In the debut episode of Pop Pantheon, host DJ Louie XIV briefly introduces the concept and tiers of the Pop Pantheon. He is then joined by music journalist extraordinaire Steven Horowitz- writer and editor for publications like Billboard, Rolling Stone, V by Pop Pantheon

56 min listen

TONI BRAXTON (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak): Senior Writer for Jezebel Rich Juzwiak returns to Pop Pantheon to talk The Queen of Heartbreak, Toni Braxton. DJ Louie and Rich first break down the craft of melisma, the centrality of “The Voice” in early ‘90s pop, and how Babyface’s sound helped R&B cro by Pop Pantheon

87 min listen

MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Britney, The Pantheon and The Best Pop Songs of the Year: DJ Louie answers listener questions about the difference between "pop" as popular music and Pop as a specific genre, the relevance of the Grammys, whether Britney is a Tier 1 Icon or a Tier 2 Megastar, what he thinks of Dua Lipa, whether artists can slide by Pop Pantheon

24 min listen

MADONNA (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak): This week, DJ Louie is joined by Jezebel Senior Writer and Pot Psychology Host Rich Juzwiak to discuss the Queen of Pop, Madonna. Their conversation focuses mainly on Madonna's latter period career, from 2008's Hard Candy through 2019's Madame X, and the by Pop Pantheon

67 min listen

Mini-sode: What Exactly is the Pop Pantheon?: Welcome to the podcast! In this mini-episode of Pop Pantheon, host DJ Louie XIV breaks down how exactly the Pop Pantheon works, tier-by-tier. In each episode of Pop Pantheon, Louie and his guests will break down the career of pop icon, from titans of th by Pop Pantheon

8 min listen

RIHANNA PT. 2 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd): Former Editor-in-Chief of Jezebel and famed author of The Rihanna RihPort, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Is back with DJ Louie for part two of their discussion about the newly anointed Queen of Barbados, Rihanna. Louie and Julianne pick up with Rihanna's 5t by Pop Pantheon

98 min listen

CIARA (with Chris Stedman) by Pop Pantheon

58 min listen

JUSTIN BIEBER (with Pitchfork Contributing Editor Rawiya Kameir): Pitchfork Contributing Editor and Asst. Professor at Syracuse University Rawiya Kameir and DJ Louie get into it about one of contemporary pop’s most divisive figures, Justin Bieber. Louie and Rawiya discuss pop’s evolution beyond the need for male pop sta by Pop Pantheon

94 min listen

ONE DIRECTION (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos): Rolling Stone Senior Writer Brittany Spanos joins DJ Louie for a conversation about British boyband, One Direction. First, Louie and Brittany break down how generational waves of boybands have riffed on a similar formula in their performance styles, music by Pop Pantheon

79 min listen

LORDE (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz): Senior Director of Music at Billboard Jason Lipshutz joins DJ Louie to discuss everyone’s favorite off-the-grid alt-pop icon, Lorde. First, Louie and Jason break down the EDM pop and festival boom of the late aughts and early 2010s. They then break down h by Pop Pantheon

81 min listen

CARLY RAE JEPSEN (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber): In episode 3 of Pop Pantheon, DJ Louie is joined by Who? Weekly Co-Host Lindsey Weber to discuss Queen of Everything, Carly Rae Jepsen. Louie and Lindsey discuss Lindsey's pedigree as a JepFriend, including her travels across national borders to see Carly by Pop Pantheon

63 min listen

Pop Pantheon Teaser: Welcome to the podcast! In the teaser for Pop Pantheon, host DJ Louie XIV breaks down the format of the show and all the pop music over-analysis you can expect. In each episode of Pop Pantheon, Louie and his guests will break down the career of pop icon, by Pop Pantheon

2 min listen

CYNDI LAUPER (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla): Senior Staff Writer for The Ringer Rob Harvilla joins DJ Louie for a deep dive into foundational early MTV-era icon, Cyndi Lauper. First, Louie and Rob parse what made the early 1980s such a crystallizing moment for The Pop Star as we know it today and p by Pop Pantheon

90 min listen

POST MALONE (with Larry Fitzmaurice): Editor, writer and author of the newsletter Last Donut of the Night, Larry Fitzmaurice, joins DJ Louie as the two attempt to understand “pop’s most suffocating presence”, Post Malone. First, Larry and Louie break down Post’s emergence with his debut hit, by Pop Pantheon

77 min listen

MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Charli, Charli, More Charli, Hailee Steinfeild's Career, Katy and Tinashe, Girl Groups and ME!: DJ Louie answers a slew of listener questions about Charli XCX: When will she have her next hit? What does her new single "New Shapes" tell us about the sound of her new record? Who are Louie's dream future collaborators for Charli? And more! He then give by Pop Pantheon

24 min listen

DRAKE (with The WSJ Mag's Myles Tanzer) by Pop Pantheon

83 min listen

SELENA GOMEZ (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli): On the premiere episode of 2022, DJ Louie first wraps up last year’s cliffhanger by finally placing Rihanna in the official Pop Pantheon. Then, Pop Music Reporter for The New York Times, Joe Coscarelli, joins Louie to talk Disney-Princess-turned-peculiar- by Pop Pantheon

100 min listen

MAX MARTIN (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook): DJ Louie is joined by author of The Song Machine and New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook to discuss the greatest pop producer auteur of the modern era, Max Martin. Louie and John discuss Max’s roots in Sweden and why the country is such a historical bre by Pop Pantheon

75 min listen

Charli XCX's Crash (with Owen Myers) by Pop Pantheon

52 min listen

CARDI B (with Pitchfork's Clover Hope): DJ Louie is joined by Pitchfork writer and author of the new book, The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip Hop, Clover Hope, to discuss one of the hottest contemporary rap and pop stars, Cardi B. First, Louie and Clover break down the history of female ra by Pop Pantheon

69 min listen

SHANIA TWAIN (with Kate Dries) by Pop Pantheon

103 min listen

MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Toni, Tamar, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake and Iconic Pop Stars With Terrible Debut Singles: DJ Louie answers listener questions about whether Gen Z is more familiar with Tamar or Toni Braxton, the Aaliyah rollout on streaming, how Pop Stars having (or not having) obvious musical descendants affects their legacy, what we should call Pop Pantheon by Pop Pantheon

24 min listen

Super Bowl Halftime Show Extravaganza! (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak) by Pop Pantheon

68 min listen

ABBA (with Carl Magnus Palm) by Pop Pantheon

107 min listen

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (with Jordan Sargent): DJ Louie is joined by former Gawker and Spin writer Jordan Sargent for a reassessment of a pop star who really demands one: Justin Timberlake. Louie and Jordan break down the ways Justin’s legacy has been altered by cultural reckonings on white male privi by Pop Pantheon

81 min listen

RIHANNA PT. 1 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd): Former Editor in Chief of Jezebel and famed author of The Rihanna RihPort, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, joins DJ Louie for part one of a two-part discussion about one of the biggest and most dynamic pop icons of the 21st Century, Rihanna. Louie and Julian by Pop Pantheon

90 min listen

ROBYN (with The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino): DJ Louie is joined by The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino to talk Niche Pop Icon, Robyn. Louie and Jia explore Robyn's early breakthrough during the teen pop boom of the late '90s with her Max Martin-produced hit, "Show Me Love", before going deep on her re-em by Pop Pantheon

80 min listen

KYLIE MINOGUE (with HuffPost's Noah Michelson): DJ Louie is joined by HuffPost’s Noah Michelson to discuss Australian Queen of Pop, Kylie Minogue. Louie and Noah trace the singularity of Kylie’s two-tract pop career: In most of the world, she’s an A+ list arena-trotting superstar with more than three d by Pop Pantheon

73 min listen

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